Working philosopher? Schopenhauer comes to my mind. Schopenhauer getting his Daguerotopie done in 1852. He is clearly thinking, or pretending hard thinking. A head burdened of so many thoughts must be propped up on an arm.

I've been having an ongoing discussion with the Anonymous Celebrity Judge of the recent "People Working" contest (who is real; this isn't one of my jokey misdirections). We have a number of general, one might say generic, observations. In no particular order: • First, it's a rich subject with ma...